Hoist



sept.- 18, 1928.

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Sept. 18, 1928.

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Patentecl Sept. 18, 1928.

UNITED STATES i I 1,e84,607

EDWARD ADAM THIELEN, OF DOERANCE, 'KANSAS HOIST.

Application filed September 15, 1927. Serial No. 219,641.

The invention has for its object to provide certain new and useful improvements in hoists of the erano type and it particularly has for its object to provide a hoist of the character diselosed in my application Serial No; 173,'736, filed March 8, 1927, of which application the present is in part a continuation thereof. i The present invention has for its object to provide a hoist mechanism whichoan be used as an automobile jack byremoving the erane elements but which is especially adapted for use as a hoisting crane in automobile garages, repair shops, factories, ete.

lVith the above and' other objects in View that will hereinatter appear the invention further resides in the novel details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all OE'WhlCh will be first'` tully described, then be particularlypointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the aceompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a face View illustrating the invention in use. y

' Figure '2 is an edge view of the parts Figure is a detail perspective View of the lifting'brace and hearing` forming Inember. v

Figure 4 is a detail perspectve view of 'the derri'ck: arm and mounting post sepa- -.rated. e

Figure .5 is a vertical longitudinal section' of another embodiment' of my invention. Figure 6 is aplan View of the same.

r Figure 7 is a vertical cross' section on the line 7--7 of Figure 5. e

Referring now to the embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 of the drawings; 1 indicates the base of my improved hoist to which are Secured the channel iron side standards 2 in which the slide channels or standards 3 are adapted to' be vertically guded. i

:The base. 1 and standards2 and any suit- .,able brace-.tor holding these parts rigid in the relation shown, together with the lifting and lowering devices later to be descrbech constitute a ,stationary unit. "The slide standards 3 and the cross brace or platform 4- carried ,thereby and suitably braeed as` at 5 constitute a lifting unit' The lifting head 6 earried at the upper end of a plunger 7 moved by the piston 8 'slide standards 3.

operable in the eylinder 9 is Secured to the cross member 4 through the top 10 of which eylinder the said plunger 7 projects.

A suitable fluid duet 11 is provided for admitting fluid under pressure. in the cylinder 9 to engage the piston 8 and control lifting and lowerino' movement of the plunger 7 'and head 6. Thus the piston may be said to be part of the stationary unithereinbefore referred to and the head 6 and plunger and piston 7-8 may be said' to eonstitute a part of the-` lifting unit hereinbefore referred to.

In carrying out the means ,embodying my present invention Iprovide an inverted U- shaped braee member 12, the' mounting arms 13 of which are removably insertible in soekets 14 formed in the upperends of the The said arms are each provided with a plurality of Aadjustment holes 15 adapted to receivesecuring pins 16 insertable through selected ones of the 'holes and adapted to engage the upper ends ofthe standards 3 to secure the member 12 at vertically adjusted said standards;

The member 12'. may be equipped With any suitable anti-slip devices, if desired, to facilitate 'its engagement with an automobile axle for the purpose of elevating the same from a garage floor in assocation with which the device is mounted. i

The member 12' also includes a central bearing aperture 17 toslidably ,receive the derriek post 18 equipped with a socket 19 at its lower end for rotatably seating upon the upwardly projeeting pin`20 carried by the head 6 of plunger 7 to cause the said post end adapted to bear against the said post 18.

Referring now to theembodiment of my invention illustrated in Figures to 7 inpositions relatively to the clusive it will be observed that in thisem- 7 bodiment of: the invention the eylinders 28 constitute a pair of standards* These eylinders are connected atthe 'bottom by a supporting bar 729 and at the top byguides 30 Secured to the same. The cylinders are also connected at the tops. by a' suitable c`o`nneet--'` ing bar 31. In order to locate the cylinders 28 rigidly in parallel alignment, suitable braces 32 are provided as indicated.

Fu'thermore the opening in the floor through which the movable parts of the apparatus project is covered by a plate 33 which is secured to the upper flange 34 of the guides 30. The guides include a cylindrical portion 35 for the pistonrods 36 that carry the pistons 37. The piston rods in this embodiment of my invention constitute the slide standards. These standards are provided with pinholes 38 to receive safety pins (not shown but similar to pins 43 in Figures 5 and 7) to hold the slide standards in position in case the lifting slide line leaks. p

The upper ends of the pist-on rods or slide standards 36 receive the ends 39 of the U- shaped bridge member40, the latter being preferably of channel iron so as to provide i a groove 41 onthe upper side in which the axle of an automobile may be received when the apparatus is used simply as an auto jack. The arms 39 of the member 40, like the `arms 13 of the. member 12, have pin holes 42 to receive the safety pins 43 to support the bridge member on the upper ends of the piston-rod-standards 36 for purpose of height adjustment. v i

In this embodiment of my invention the post`44, which corresponds to the post `.18 in the previous embodiment of my invention, is, provided with a collar 45 that rests in the channel ofthe bridge member 40 and e the post passes through a hearing 46 inthe cylinder supporting bar 31, the hearing 46 being itself provided with bearing balls 47 to constitute a lateral thrust bearing.

Fluid is lead to and bled from the cylinders 28 beneath the pistons 37 by a suitable pipe line 48 controlled by a suitable control valve (not shown), similarly to the pipe line 11 of the preceding embodiment of my invention. i i i i From the foregoing description, taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, it is thought that the novel details of construction, the manner ofuse and the advantages of my invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which it relates.

What I claimis: u i

1. In a device of the class described wherein is provided a pair of stationary vertical guide standards, a vertically movable lifting 'unit including slide standards, slidably carried by said guide standards, and slide opcrating means cooperative With the aforesaid structure tolift and lower said lifting unit; saidlifting unit s slide standards hav ing sockets in their upper ender a U-shaped bridge member'having portions adapted to beremovably received in said sockets, said brdge member having an opening through the same, a brace member connecting said guide standards having a thrust bearng in alignment with said `U-shaped member s' opening, and a post provided witlra collar and projecting through said opening and hearing with the collar resting on said bridge member, and a derrick arm carried by said post, said post adapted to swivel on its axis for the purposes specified.

2. Ina device of the ,class described Wherein is provided a stationary unit including vertical guide standards, and a vertically movable lifting unit including 'vertical slide standards guided by the guide standards. and means to lift and lower said lifting unit;

said lifting unit slide standards having i sockets in their upper ends, a U-shaped bearing forming member having portions renovably inserted in said standard 'socket and having a centralderrick post receiving bear-ing, said lifting and lowering means in movable liftin iunit including `vertical slide standards guied by the guide standards, and means to lift and lower said liftin unit; said lifting unit slide standards sockets in their upper ends, a U-shaped bearing forming member having ortions removably inserted in said 'stan ard sockets and having a central derrick post receiving aving hearing, said lifting and lowering means ini cluding a vertically movable plunger having a pin projecting vertically therefrom, a derrick post vertically extended through the central hearing 'and having a. socket in its lower end to rotatably seat on said vertically projecting pin, means 'at its upper-end to make connections With an article to be lifted, and means to vertically adjust the elevation of said U-shaped member. r i

in 'is provided a stationarynnit including vertical guide standards, and a vertically 4. In a device of the class described wheremovable lifting unit including vertical slide i standards guided byl the guide standards,`

means to lift and lower said liftin unit; said liftng unit slide standards sockets in their upperends,'an inverted U- shaped member having its side arms adapted ?to be removably received in said standard sockets with its *cross portion projecting upwardly, said member having a plurality of av-ing pin receiving holes in the' socket received arms thereof, and a central derrick post receivn bearin i ins insertable throu h 2: c? i g selected ones of the holes to engage the tops of the socketed standards and secure the member to adjusted positions, said lifting and lowering means including a Vertically movable plunger having a pinprojecting vertically therefrom, a derrick post Verti cally extended through the central hearing and having a socket in its lower end to rotatably seat on said vertically projecting pin, and means at its upper end to make connection With an article to he litted.

5. In a device of the class described Wherein is provided a stationary unit including verticalguide standards, and a vertically movable lifting unit including vertical slide standards guided by the guide standards,

and means to lift and lower said li'ting unit; said hitting unit slide standards having soekets in their upper ends, a U-shaped bearing forming member having portions removably inserted in said standard sockets and a central derrick post receiving hearing, said lifting and loWering means including a Vertically movable plunger having a pin projecting X-*ertically therefrom, a derrick post vertically extended through the central hearing and having a socket in its lower end to rotatahly seat on said Vertically projecting pin, a lifting arm removably secured at one end to the upper end "of the derrlck post and having provisien at its other end for connection with articles to be lifted, and a brace secured adjacent the connection equipped end of the lifting arm and extenaling diagonally down- Wardly to rest against the derrick post.

I EDVJARD ADAM 'FI-HELEN. 

